[arin-ppml] End non-public IPv4 assignments?

[Owen DeLong]

On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Jack Bates <jbates at brightok.net> wrote:
> [snip]
>> I think the main argument against is that many do interconnect. They just
>> don't interconnect publicly. This means they require globally unique
>> addressing. ARIN's job is steward of the globally unique addressing for our
>> region.
> 
> Actually..  if they do not connect publicly;  all they need is
> addressing that is unique among the networks that they do include
> connectivity with.   It does not need to be globally unique, due to
> the globally unreachable nature of privately interconnected networks;
> since every host they can transmit a packet to is part of their
> private interconnection.
> 
BZZT... Thanks for playing.

It needs to be unique among the networks they interconnect with and
the networks those networks interconnect with.

Now, when you consider that many of the networks they interconnect
with may well interconnect with the internet... Guess what.

> PP127 seems to obsolete this  by providing shared space  that any
> network could use for such purposes; in addition to RFC1918 space
> available already available for shared use.
> 
Not exactly, no.

> All the networks that do not connect publicly must do  is negotiate
> between themselves in regards to which addressing will be used by
> which network.
> 
This includes the following (incorrect) assertions:

1.	These networks know about each other's existence.
2.	These networks have a viable means by which to carry out said
	coordination.
3.	These networks are sufficiently limited in scope as to make such
	an activity feasible.

Owen